Oil-tank.



, PATENTED'APR .;21, 1903. 1m. GOLLINS.-

OIL TANK. I "APPLICATION FILED nov. a2. 1902.

I no MODEL.

UNITED STATES;

PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. COLLINS, OF CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS.

OIL-TANK.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-'No.-726,I42, dated April 21, 1903.

Application filed November22 ,-1'902 -Serial-Ng. 132A2Q'; (Nb model-l To all whom, it may concern..- V ,7

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. COLLINs,ga citizen of the United States,residing at Clarksville, in the county of Red River and State-of Texas,haveinvented new and useful Improve-* ments in Oil-Tanks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to oil-tanks; andthe object of the same is to construct a tank pro-1 vided with simple and efficient means for drawing off oil into small bottles or medicinevials. V I

The novel construction employed by me in carrying out my invention is fully described and claimed in this. specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figure lis a front'elev ation of my'tan'k' and its support with one of the valves open and the other'closed. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same through one of the valves'and.

Fig. 3 is a detail of one on line 2 2, Fig; 1. of the swinging brackets.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts in the difierent views of the drawings.

The numeral 1 designates a tank which stands on a hollow-base 2;-open in front at 3. Two apertures 4 are formed in the bottom 5 of the tank 1, which apertures communicate with nozzles 6, which extend down into the base 2. Two valve-casings'7 are located 'inside of the tank 1, surround the apertures 4,

and have apertures v8 therein to permit the entrance of oil. Valves 9 are mounted in the casings 7. They'fit over the aperture 4 and are provided with stems 10, which extend up v levers is connected to one of the valve-stems- 10 and at itsonter end 1 5 to a connectingrod 17. Each of the rods 17 extends down and is connected at its lower end to one arm 18 of a yoke-shaped lever 19, fulcrumed in standards 20. The cross-bars 21 serve as pivots. The other arm of the lever 19 is designated 22 and extends at a slight angle to the direction of the arm 18. By operatingthe levers to turn the arms 22-down the levers are actuated, the valves 9 raised in opposition to the springs 10, and the apertures 8 uncovered to permit the outflow of oil' through the nozzles 6. l The levers 19 on being reversed Will pass the dead-center and "hold the valves 9 open until the levers are 'turned back.

To support the bottles to be filled, pivoted brackets 23,bearing platforms 23, are mounted within the base and pivoted on vertical rods 24, which permit their being swung in a horizontal plane. engaged on the nozzles 6, after whiclnthe brackets 23 are swung around in position to support the bottles. The pivot-rods 24 permit the height of the brackets 23 to be adjusted to accommodate bottles of various heights. When the brackets 23 are raised, they are heldup by cross-pins 26, inserted in transverse aperturesi26 in therods 24;

I do not 'wishto be limited as to details of construction, as these may be modified in many particulars'without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as" new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1; In an oil-tank, the combination of a tank having a nozzle connected to the bottom thereof, a spring-pressedvalve mounted to normallyclosesaid nozzle, a lever fulcrumed intermediate its ends andfconnected to said valve, arod connected to operate said lever, apertured standards mounted on the side of said tank, a yoke-shaped lever fulcrumed in said standards and connected tosaidjrod, said yoke-shaped lever being mounted to engage the side of the tank to hold said valve open, substantially as described.

' 2. In an oil-tank, the combination ofa tank having a nozzle'connected near the bottom thereof, a spring-pressed valve mounted to normally close said nozzle, a lever connected tosaid valve, a rod connected to said lever,

When in use, bottles are a standard mounted on the side of the tank, I In testimony whereof I have hereunto set a yoke-shaped lever fulcrumed in said standmy hand in presence of two subscribing Witard and having arms which extend at a slight nesses.

angle to each other, one of said arms being BENJAMIN F. COLLINS. connected to said rod and the other being ar- Witnesses:

ranged to engage the side of the tank to hold W. S. THOMAS,

said valve open, substantially as described. H. M. VAUGHAN. 

